Our Thoughts and Prayers
What do we say when we see someone suffering? What is there to say? Certainly not, "I know just how you feel," or, "don't worry, time...
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Artist and Writer, Seeking the Sublime in the Everyday.
Barbara Swanson Sherman
Mar 24, 20223 min
The Spider
You know how you hear a new word or one thought and then suddenly you hear it everywhere? Last Sunday I started thinking about the...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Mar 23, 20222 min
Barbara of the Day; Barbara Lubliner
Allow me to introduce my friend and fellow Barbara, Barbara Lubliner She has an opening this evening at Carter Burden Gallery, 548 West...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Mar 17, 20222 min
A Little Good News
Aren't you ready for even just a little bit of good news? I know I am. So here it is. https://www.billionoysterproject.org The oyster is...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Mar 12, 20222 min
Today is Pink Balloon Day! 3/13
Today I'm celebrating the birth of my grandmother, Louise Mayhew Russell Swanson, March 13, 1899. I've posted this story of the day she...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Mar 10, 20223 min
A Funny Old Bird
Remember how Teddy told me I should put some people in my new drawing? Well, I agreed that it needed something, so I added a pelican....
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Mar 4, 20223 min
Great Things to Look at
I hit a nerve last week when I spoke of my fallow period; many of you said you're feeling the same. For my first Wordle guess yesterday I...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Feb 24, 20222 min
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Here I am as we approach the second anniversary of the Pandemic at least the lockdown. I thought I was feeling pretty good, but took at...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Feb 17, 20222 min
Happy Valentine's Week
My Valentine's birthday is February 15, so this is a big week for us. Why a Bear? When my nephew, Danny, was about six he said to me,...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Feb 10, 20222 min
what Does Saint Barbara Think of This?
I was planning to take you on a stroll through the collages of 2007 in my date book, for that year and I will, but first look what popped...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Feb 3, 20223 min
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This week I learned at the last minute of this exhibit at the Nation Arts Club Gallery; "In 1948, with the help of Will Barnet, Robert...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jan 27, 20223 min
Subway Art
Last Friday started out as a great day because I was on my way to meet Jessie at the Met. The MTA made it all the better with some...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jan 20, 20222 min
Art in a Hurry
I was invited to submit a piece for a show about the Desert, for El Museo del Desierto (MUDE), a nationally iconic museum that preserves...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Jan 5, 20222 min
Happy New Year! Looking Back and Facing Forward
This week I'm making plans and getting organized. Last week I worked hard to completely fill my 2022 datebook before the year ended and...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Dec 31, 20212 min
This is my Letter to the World
Good Morning on this first day of the new year and may it be a great year for all of us. I am taking this moment to make a new...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Dec 30, 20212 min
Rest In Peace Bishop Desmond Tutu and Wayne Thibaud
Wayne Thibaud died on Christmas Day and Bishop Tutu died the day after. How sad are we really when a nonagenarian and a centenarian go to...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Dec 23, 20212 min
It's Christmas Eve!
So I walked into the Post Office to buy some pretty stamps. I picked out these beauties: If you can't read this it says LOVE. The woman...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Dec 16, 20212 min
Playing with Color
I found this quote from Paul Klee in my email this week: "Colour has taken hold of me; no longer do I have to chase after it. I know...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Dec 9, 20214 min
First Barbara of the Day-Barbara Rachko!
Thank you to everyone who came to our Artists Talk on Art presentation titled Lightning and Inspiration on Monday evening. Eileen...
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Barbara Swanson Sherman
Dec 5, 20211 min
Tonight Tonight
Here's the link for this evening's Zoom event https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84198882925 We look forward to seeing you ! December 05, 2021
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